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	Nepali language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is also called Gorkhali or Gurkhali, "the language of the Gurkhas, "and Parbatiya, "the language of the mountains." Khaskura is the oldest term, literally speech of the Khas who were rice-growing Indo-Aryan settlers in the Karnali-Bheri basin of far western Nepal since prehistoric or early historic times.
		Nepali is the easternmost of the Pahari languages, a group of related languages spoken across the lower elevations of the Himalaya range, from eastern Nepal through the Indian states of Uttaranchal and Himachal Pradesh.
		Nepali developed a small literature during the second half of the nineteenth century, which included the Adhyatma Ramayana by Sundarananda Bara (1833), Birsikka, an anonymous collection of folk-tales, and a Ramayana by Bhanubhakta.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nepali_language (664 words)

	Nepal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For a relatively small country, the Nepali landscape is uncommonly diverse, ranging from the humid Terai in the south to the lofty Himalayas in the north.
		Meanwhile, with the annexation of Tibet by the Chinese in 1950, India faced the prospect of an expansive military and was thus keen to avoid instability in Nepal.
		Nepali is the national language with 47.8% of the population speaking it as their first language.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nepal (3753 words)

	National The Telegraph - Weekly (Nepal)
		Language and politics are closely related to one another and the former is one of the determining factors of the latter.
		Language politics has become a universal phenomenon and has become a quite fashionable terms which denotes the relationship between the languages and politics and the influence of the former to the latter.
		The recognition of a particular language in a civil and political society is an important aspect of the legitimatization of a particular culture, values, norms, belief history and a lot of socio-economic and political factors.
	www.nepalnews.com.np /contents/englishweekly/telegraph/2000/feb/feb09/national.htm (1774 words)

	BhashaIndia.com :: Nepal – The Voices of the Mountains
		Nepali is generically called "Khaskura" by most natives who speak the myriad variants of this language and passes under various name, such as "Gorkhali" or "Gurkhali" (literally, the language of the Gurkhas) and "Parbatiya" (literally, the language of the mountains).
		Nepali is the easternmost of a family of languages known as the Pahari languages, a group of related languages spoken across the lower elevations of the Himalaya range, from eastern Nepal through the Indian states of Uttaranchal and Himachal Pradesh.
		The Nepali language also engendered an appropriately succinct literary culture during the second half of the nineteenth century, which included the "Adhyatma Ramayana" by Sundarananda Bara in 1833, "Birsikka", an anonymous collection of folk-tales, and the native form of the "Ramayana" by Bhanubhakta.
	www.bhashaindia.com /Patrons/LanguageTech/Nepal.htm (826 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Nepal
		The Kirati are one of the first Nepali groups known to historians, having migrated from the east in the 7th or 8th century BC.
		The major languages of Nepal (percent spoken as mother tongue) are Nepali (49%), Maithili (12%), Bhojpuri (8%), Tharu (6%), Tamang (5%), Newari/Nepal Bhasa (4%), Magar (3%), Awadhi (2%), Bantawa (2%), Limbu (1%), and Bajjika (1%).
		Nepali, written in Devanagari script, is the official, national language and serves as lingua franca among Nepalis of different ethnolinguistic groups.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Nepal (1851 words)

	Books on Himalayan & Indian Languages - Hindi, Nepali, Newari, Sanskrit, Tibetan
		An introduction to Nepali sounds and pronunciation practice chart at the beginning of the book and an extensive vocabulary list arranged under different topical headings at the end are also provided.
		A lengthy introduction to the history and unique features of the Nepali language and system of writing is included, as are appendices on Nepali numbers, units of measure, calendar, signs of the zodiac and the kinship system.
		After a brief introduction to Nepali grammar, the reader is taken through "situational vocabularies" (words and phrases on 49 different subject areas from greetings to food and drink and accommodation, from trekking to magic and religion).
	www.pilgrimsbooks.com /language.html (1513 words)

	THDL: Nepali Language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		On account of its widespread use in the states of West Bengal (particularly in the district of Darjeeling) and Sikkim, the Indian Constitution recognizes Nepali as a major language of India.
		Nepali is an Indo-Aryan language, and thus part of a linguistic grouping which includes other South Asian languages such as Hindi, Bengali, Marathi and Gujarati.
		Nepali is written in the Devanagari (or 'Nagari') script, which is also used for Hindi, Marathi and Sanskrit.
	www.thdl.org /education/nepali (274 words)

	Features News The Rising Nepal (Daily)
		Another aspect of recognising Nepali as a state or official language of the new nation could also be the desire of the people to get more exposure or enjoy better opportunity through the ‘big’ or ‘developed’ language.
		But sadly speaking, some of the national languages of Nepal are spoken only in domestic situations, that is among the family members, or among the ethnic groups in the concerned area.
		Language fulfills consolidating function in the process of ethnic consolidation when some ethno-linguistic communities merge into bigger ones and when languages of these communities play pivotal role the node of ethnic consolidation is accepted by others.
	www.nepalnews.com /contents/englishdaily/trn/2001/may/may05/features.htm (2341 words)

	Foundation For Endangered Languages Issue 26.
		Except for Burushaski, a language isolate which is still spoken north of Gilgit in Hunja, a remote part of northern Pakistan at the border of China, Nepal's languages all belong to the world’s major language families: Indo-European, Dravidian, Sino-Tibetan and Austro-Asiatic.
		Growth of Nepali as the National Language amongst Linguistic Diversity Along with the rise of the Gorkha Kingdom in 1768, the state had to promote Hindu culture and Nepali language to unify the country with a policy of one language and one culture.
		Languages Endangered as the Process of Globalization Accelerates As the process of globalization or Anglicization is in effect all over the world, Nepal cannot withstand it.
	www.ogmios.org /265.htm (5646 words)

	Nepalis and their Tradition
		Most of the nepalis of North Sikkim belong to the Kirat family (Limbu/Subba, Gurung, Mangar etc.) and are settled around Mangshila, and Tingchim.Nepali people are believed to be very courageous and are popularly known as Ghorkas in the Indian sub-continent.
		Nepali language is common in the district and even in the state.
		Though Nepalis belonging to kirat family have their own language like, limbu, tamang, gurung etc. but they all speak Nepali and many of them are great poets and writers of Nepali language.
	sikkim.nic.in /north/html/nepali.htm (233 words)

	eKantipur.com - Nepal's No.1 News Portal
		The language's latter-day travels and travails as Nepali and Gorkha Bhasha to India's northeast, especially its explosion in Darjeeling, was recently highlighted by my ex-school teacher in Darjeeling, Ishwar Ballabh, in his weekly Simantavarti column in Kantipur of Saturday Asar 25, 2062 BS (July 9, 2005).
		Whereas, as we shall see, the Nepali language movement in Darjeeling was a pan-Nepali agitation of the Nepali diaspora in Darjeeling, and headed mostly by Matwali Nepalis with their own mother tongues, as opposed to Nepali-speaking Tagadharis, simply because every Nepali's sole identity depended on the Nepali language.
		From its low coolie status, Nepali had to be made "cool" for educational curricula, a vehicle of overall communication and a duly recognised medium of expression in mainstream India.
	www.kantipuronline.com /kolnews.php?&nid=47990 (891 words)

	Language in India
		Over three-fourth of the current Nepali population (22367048 persons according to a 1999 estimate) is of the Indo-Aryan descent in their social organization, religion, language, and, to a great extent, in their physical appearance.
		Nepali is an Indo-Aryan language, a descendant of Sanskrit and related to Hindi.
		Moreover, there is a substantial Nepali speaking population native to India in all the major cities and towns of India, the states of West Bengal and Sikkim, and in Bhutan.
	www.languageinindia.com /nov2002/nepal.html (3907 words)

	EnjoyNepal :: Guide To Languages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The languages can however be categorized into two distinct groups: the Sanskrit based languages, which originated in the plains and the Tibeto-Burman languages of the hill tribes.
		Nepali is written in the Devanagari script while only a few tribal languages have a separate script.
		However there is a danger especially among minorities, of their own language going out of use as they adopt the use of Nepali, which is generally understood by most Nepalese.
	www.enjoynepal.com /Travel_Guide/about_nepal/tg_aboutnepal_languages.asp (459 words)

	SINHAS Abstracts: Volume 1, No. 1
		Darjeeling-based Nepali language activists made a more decisive effort to rename their language as Nepali and they rediscovered Bhanubhakta as a potent icon for this purpose.
		Thus these Nepalis first identified the Nepali language as an essential element of a unifying historical narrative for their own self-identity as a community.
		Hence, for this group of Nepalis, the Nepali language and a bir history of the Nepali nation formed a set around which projects of inculcating self-consciousness and promoting self-improvement of the Nepali jati could be organized.
	www.asianstudies.emory.edu /sinhas/abstr0101.html (1541 words)

	Nepal Travel Tool, Learn Nepali Language, Learn Words of Nepali Language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In the area where tourists visit they can speak English and communicate with you but the knowledge of Nepali Language is great to intimate and experience the country better.
		Nepali is the official language of the state, spoken and understood by 90 percent of the population.
		Nepali language is more difficult in terms of pronunciation, grammar and structure than English which contains 36 consonant alphabets and the written form is more complex with confusing vowels.
	www.nepaltrailblazer.com /nepal/helpful_travel_tools/learn_words_of_nepali_language.html (202 words)

	Wave Magazine :: wavemag.com.np (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A Nepali language interface is a very important element to enable the increased acceptance and use of computers in Nepal.
		The Nepali Unicode Standard is a misnomer, at least for the present, because Unicode defines standards for scripts and not languages.
		Nepali is based on the Devanagari script and Nepali Unicode fonts are Nepali implementations of the Devnagari Unicode Standard.
	www.wavemag.com.np /2005/june/computing.html (1030 words)

	Madan puraskar Pustakalaya
		Nepali is also a major language of South Asia, the official language of Nepal spoken widely in neighbouring regions.
		And yet Nepali is not supported by software and dictionaries and similar, things we would take for granted in major European languages with far fewer speakers.
		We will also gather examples of spoken Nepali, and this, together with the linguistic analysers, will be used to develop text-to-speech generation, so essential for access to computers by those who cannot read, who are visually impaired or illiterate.
	www.mpp.org.np /news_details.php?id=20 (562 words)

	Cultural Pluralism and National Cultural Identity
		The objectives of these associations, at least theoretically, are to protect one’s own language and culture from outside forces, but they see themselves as part of a historical cultural unit which is both exclusive and in opposition to the ‘outside’.
		No doubt, all of the languages must be preserved as the cultural heritage, whereas a national language is also most essential for Nepal.
		The Sanskrit language has been made compulsory up to the high school level without considering the diverse language groups whereas the Nepali language is withdrawn as one of the compulsory papers in the examination of Public service Commission in Nepal.
	www.ignca.nic.in /ls_03014.htm (2787 words)

	Madan puraskar Pustakalaya (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya is a non-profit institution of 45 years standing, a respected repository of Nepali language and literature.
		It manages the largest archive in the Nepali language, and supports the use of Nepali for the social, economic and cultural advancement of all Nepalis.
		Sorting in the Nepali language has been a much-debated issue between academicians and other users.
	www.mpp.org.np /objectives.php (431 words)

	THDL: Learning Nepali (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Most study abroad programs based in Kathmandu offer intensive Nepali language instruction, including the Cornell-Nepal Study Program, the SIT (School for International Training) Nepal program and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Study Abroad program in Nepal.
		Cornell's Nepali language instructors, Banu Oja and Shambhu Oja, have written a coursebook and dictionary, both of which can be ordered by clicking here.
		Nepali is also taught at the India Instituut in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, by Rene Huysmans and Mark Turin.
	www.thdl.org /education/nepali/learning.html#selfstudy (830 words)

	SSB Participants - Rhoderick Chalmers
		Both Pushkin and his later counterparts in other languages produced a polished, ‘sophisticated’ style of language that was subsequently adopted as the national standard.
		That is to say, it is natural for languages to undergo a period of change and transformation.
		In contemporary Nepali, there is a similar challenge, although instead of adapting from Sanskrit, the task is adapting from English.
	www.himalassociation.org /baha/baha_conf_rhoderickchalmers.htm (781 words)

	Nepali-Language Books
		Poems can be translated from one language into another, but translating poetry is more than translating words.
		They wrote poems in four languages -- Nepali, Hindi, Sanskrit and Nepali Bhasa, although Nepali was preferred.
		Each proverb is quoted in its original Nepali or Newari language version and, on the facing page, it appears in its English translation.
	www.pilgrimsbooks.com /nepali_language_books.html (1165 words)

	Ethnologue report for Nepal
		The Khaling dialect of Bahing is distinct from the Khaling language.
		227,918 all Gurung languages in Nepal (1991 census).
		Devidatta Sharma (1990) concludes that Raji in India is a Munda language with borrowing from Tibeto-Burman and Indo-Aryan.
	www.ethnologue.com /show_country.asp?name=Nepal (4990 words)

	<< www.tanneri.com >> The Monthly E-Magazine For Young Hearts
		As we have observed on couple of years, presence on Internet of Nepali Language is growing very fast and it will bring the explosion of Internet websites in our own language.
		And, of course, there is Unlimited’s project on localizing Windows XP and office 2003 with the spell checker in Nepali Language.
		So, it's a challenge to convert data into information and then into knowledge on their local languages as their local needs on their local format (locale) and that’s what localization projects like Nepali windows is going to do.
	www.tanneri.com /ReadArticle.asp?ArticleID=1075 (2049 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Nepali (Teach Yourself Languages S.): Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This is a complete course in understanding, speaking and writing Nepali, the lingua franca of the central and eastern Himalaya, and the national language of Nepal.
		This is a complete course in understanding, speaking and writing Nepali, the lingua franca of the central and eastern Himalayas, and the national language of Nepal.
		The Nepali presented in this course is primarily colloquial and practical.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0340867078 (727 words)

	Training Programme (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Knowledge of the local language is obviously a necessity for anyone who is going to spend a lot of time living and working in a foreign country - in this case, both for professional and personal reasons.
		Although the prospect of learning a different language from scratch may at first seem daunting, it is remarkable how quickly and easily one can grasp the rudiments of the language.
		Volunteers will be briefed by GAN, Nepali teachers and educational experts about how the system works, what are its strengths and weaknesses, and how volunteers can really use their time working within the system most effectively.
	www.gannepal.org /volunteer/tp.html (491 words)

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